Attorney and Counsel

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Attorney

Attorney noun - A person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations.
Usage example: finished law school and became an attorney
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Counsel is a synonym for attorney in lawyer topic. In some cases you can use "Counsel" instead a noun "Attorney", when it comes to topics like person, law, trial attorney. popular alternative

Counsel

Counsel noun - A person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations.
Usage example: if you cannot afford counsel, one will be provided for you
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Attorney is a synonym for counsel (North American) in lawyer topic. You can use "Attorney" instead a noun "Counsel", if it concerns topics such as person, law, legal adviser, trial attorney. popular alternative
Nearby Words: counselor, counsellor, counseled, counseling, counselled

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good good attorney good counsel
noble noble attorney noble counsel
lead lead attorney lead counsel
legal legal attorney legal counsel
Other adjectives: incompetent, bad, famous, opposing, defending, local, prosecuting.

Both words in one sentence

  • Amoral Attorney: Senator Reyes is the legal counsel for the Villa family’s steel concerns, and both as lawyer and as politician, naturally he gets kickbacks from the construction.
    Source: Literature / The Pretenders
  • Harm, as defense counsel, begins to explore the option of an insanity defense, but he’s taken off the case by the defendant, who’s hired a different attorney.
    Source: Insanity Defense
  • Series / JAG Harm, as defense counsel, begins to explore the option of an insanity defense, but he’s taken off the case by the defendant who has hired a different attorney.
    Source: Series / JAG
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